Doug Griffin
Douglas Lee Griffin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 4, 1947 in South Gate, CA
High School: El Monte (La Puente, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1970
Final Game: June 2, 1977
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 23 CAL AL 18 62 55 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .127 .213 .145 .359 3 8 3 0 1 0 1 4/5
1971 24 BOS AL 125 526 483 51 118 23 2 3 27 11 5 31 45 .244 .291 .319 .610 68 154 12 2 7 3 3 *4 RoY-4
1972 25 BOS AL 129 535 470 43 122 12 1 2 35 9 2 45 48 .260 .325 .302 .627 83 142 7 2 15 3 6 *4 GG
1973 26 BOS AL 113 439 396 43 101 14 5 1 33 7 5 21 42 .255 .293 .323 .617 70 128 12 3 13 6 0 *4
1974 27 BOS AL 93 349 312 35 83 12 4 0 33 2 8 28 21 .266 .329 .330 .660 85 103 7 2 6 1 3 4/6
1975 28 BOS AL 100 316 287 21 69 6 0 1 29 2 2 18 29 .240 .288 .272 .560 53 78 8 2 7 2 0 4/6
1976 29 BOS AL 49 141 127 14 24 2 0 0 4 2 1 9 14 .189 .248 .205 .453 28 26 4 1 4 0 0 4/D
1977 30 BOS AL 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /4
8 Seasons 632 2374 2136 209 524 70 12 7 165 33 23 158 204 .245 .299 .299 .598 68 639 54 12 53 15 13
162 Game Avg. 162 609 548 54 134 18 3 2 42 8 6 41 52 .245 .299 .299 .598 68 164 14 3 14 4 3
BOS (7 yrs) 614 2312 2081 207 517 69 12 7 161 33 23 152 199 .248 .301 .303 .605 69 631 51 12 52 15 12
CAL (1 yr) 18 62 55 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .127 .213 .145 .359 3 8 3 0 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1970 23 CAL AL 62 52 2 1.0 94 .140 .127 .253 .213 .327 .145 .387 .359 .713 3 .068 -7.2 -0.8 .275 .127 .018
1971 24 BOS AL 526 392 44 3.0 99 .263 .244 .264 .291 .337 .319 .392 .610 .729 68 .371 -21.8 -2.3 .505 .151 .075 4.7
1972 25 BOS AL 535 375 50 3.6 88 .284 .260 .253 .325 .323 .302 .365 .627 .688 83 .494 -9.2 -1.0 .549 .153 .043 3.3
1973 26 BOS AL 439 331 36 2.9 98 .279 .255 .266 .293 .336 .323 .391 .617 .727 70 .326 -17.0 -1.7 .494 .126 .068 1.8
1974 27 BOS AL 349 251 32 3.4 95 .284 .266 .267 .329 .333 .330 .384 .660 .717 85 .416 -6.3 -0.7 .520 .135 .064 .0
1975 28 BOS AL 316 237 22 2.5 101 .263 .240 .269 .288 .341 .272 .395 .560 .736 53 .270 -18.9 -2.0 .430 .094 .031 1.3
1976 29 BOS AL 141 112 7 1.7 96 .212 .189 .270 .248 .336 .205 .381 .453 .717 28 .171 -12.4 -1.3 .343 .094 .016 .0
1977 30 BOS AL 6 7 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .281 .000 .347 .000 .427 .000 .774 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
8 Seasons 2374 1757 193 3.0 96 .266 .245 .263 .299 .333 .299 .385 .598 .718 68 .359 -94.7 -10.0 .485 .132 .054 11.6
162 Game Avg. 609 450 49 3.0 96 .266 .245 .263 .299 .333 .299 .385 .598 .718 68 .359 -94.7 -10.0 .485 .132 .054 3
BOS (7 yrs) 2312 1705 191 3.0 96 .270 .248 .264 .301 .333 .303 .384 .605 .718 69 .368 -87.4 -9.2 .491 .133 .055 11.6
CAL (1 yr) 62 52 2 1.0 94 .140 .127 .253 .213 .327 .145 .387 .359 .713 3 .069 -7.2 -0.8 .275 .127 .018

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 28 BOS AL WS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1970 23 CAL AL 62 0.0% 8.1% 9.7% 1.6% 14% 0.83 11.0 13.8 1.35 81%
1971 24 BOS AL 526 0.6% 8.6% 5.9% 5.3% 24% 1.45 10.7 161.0 17.9 1.38 83%
1972 25 BOS AL 535 0.4% 9.0% 8.4% 2.8% 12% 1.07 9.8 235.0 13.4 1.37 79%
1973 26 BOS AL 439 0.2% 9.6% 4.8% 4.6% 20% 2.00 9.4 396.0 12.0 2.34 82%
1974 27 BOS AL 349 0.0% 6.0% 8.0% 4.6% 19% 0.75 14.9 9.5 1.05 84%
1975 28 BOS AL 316 0.3% 9.2% 5.7% 2.2% 10% 1.61 9.9 287.0 9.9 2.05 82%
1976 29 BOS AL 141 0.0% 9.9% 6.4% 1.4% 8% 1.56 9.1 31.8 1.76 80%
1977 30 BOS AL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.33 100%
8 Seasons 2374 0.3% 8.6% 6.7% 3.8% 17% 1.29 10.5 305.1 12.9 1.55 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1970 23 CAL AL 0 0 15% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1971 24 BOS AL 9 0 32% 190 11 5 69% 11 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 59% 28 12 16 8 4 4 17 6 11
1972 25 BOS AL 8 0 25% 198 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 44% 29 19 10 7 7 0 14 2 12
1973 26 BOS AL 10 0 34% 199 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 11 38% 22 14 6 3 2 1 12 5 7
1974 27 BOS AL 6 0 31% 134 2 8 20% 2 7 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 6 60% 26 13 12 1 1 0 13 1 12
1975 28 BOS AL 5 0 23% 112 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 50% 19 10 9 4 3 1 7 2 5
1976 29 BOS AL 2 0 41% 56 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 44% 8 5 3 3 1 1 7 3 4
1977 30 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 40 0 29% 915 33 23 59% 33 22 0 0 0 1 7 2 30 45 50% 133 74 56 26 18 7 72 20 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1970 23 CAL AL 62 26% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 3 21% 7 3 43% 37 5 14% 3 3 100% 2 1 50% 0
1971 24 BOS AL 526 26% 118 1 0 0 0 0.51 3 0 6 1 2 3 0 0 9 7 78% 71 12 17% 31 11 35% 231 26 11% 17 9 53% 31 11 35% 0
1972 25 BOS AL 535 32% 122 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 1 1 2 0 0 22 15 68% 102 7 7% 55 24 44% 326 36 11% 35 18 51% 23 12 52% 0
1973 26 BOS AL 439 23% 101 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 21 13 62% 92 12 13% 36 19 53% 268 35 13% 20 13 65% 23 15 65% 0
1974 27 BOS AL 349 29% 83 2 1 0 0 6.02 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 67 7 10% 38 11 29% 213 35 16% 24 10 42% 24 6 25% 0
1975 28 BOS AL 316 43% 69 16 8 0 4 1.05 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 11 7 64% 67 8 12% 25 13 52% 194 32 16% 22 15 68% 16 6 38% 0
1976 29 BOS AL 141 60% 24 3 0 0 0 1.96 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 27 4 15% 13 8 62% 87 4 5% 5 1 20% 6 5 83% 0
1977 30 BOS AL 6 100% 0 2 0 0 0 3.29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2374 32% 524 24 9 0 4 1.74 7 0 55 3 4 5 2 0 80 53 66% 442 54 12% 207 89 43% 1362 173 13% 126 69 55% 125 56 45% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 23 18 62 55 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 5 .127 .213 .145 .359 3 8 3 0 1 0 1
1971 24 143 588 538 53 125 24 2 3 31 11 5 37 50 .232 .283 .301 .584 61 162 15 2 8 3 4
1972 25 272 1123 1008 96 247 36 3 5 66 20 7 82 98 .245 .303 .302 .604 71 304 22 4 23 6 10
1973 26 385 1562 1404 139 348 50 8 6 99 27 12 103 140 .248 .300 .308 .608 71 432 34 7 36 12 10
1974 27 478 1911 1716 174 431 62 12 6 132 29 20 131 161 .251 .306 .312 .617 74 535 41 9 42 13 13
1975 28 578 2227 2003 195 500 68 12 7 161 31 22 149 190 .250 .303 .306 .609 71 613 49 11 49 15 13
1976 29 627 2368 2130 209 524 70 12 7 165 33 23 158 204 .246 .300 .300 .600 68 639 53 12 53 15 13
1977 30 632 2374 2136 209 524 70 12 7 165 33 23 158 204 .245 .299 .299 .598 68 639 54 12 53 15 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 23 18 63 56 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 7 5 .143 .238 .161 .399 2 18
1971 24 126 526 489 55 122 24 2 3 29 11 32 45 .249 .297 .325 .622 47 125
1972 25 135 574 514 54 150 15 1 2 44 11 55 50 .292 .361 .337 .697 63 129
1973 26 113 427 397 45 102 14 5 1 34 7 21 42 .257 .295 .325 .620 38 113
1974 27 93 344 313 37 84 12 4 0 35 2 28 21 .268 .331 .332 .664 34 93
1975 28 101 310 288 21 69 6 0 1 29 2 18 29 .240 .287 .271 .558 22 100
1976 29 49 141 130 15 26 2 0 0 4 2 10 14 .200 .262 .215 .478 7 49
1977 30 5 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
8 Seasons 640 2391 2193 230 561 74 12 7 180 35 171 206 .256 .311 .310 .621 213 632
162 Game Avg. 162 605 555 58 142 19 3 2 46 9 43 52 .256 .311 .310 .621 54 632

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Gold Gloves
1972 AL (2B)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1972 AL  15 (3rd)
1973 AL  13 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1973 AL  6 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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